Materials needed

For this activity you’ll need:

1. The worksheet for this activity (either opened in a PDF viewer on a desktop/tablet computer or printed out).
   

   

   
   
2. Your knee kit fully assembled with eitherEither the limited muscle setbasic or full model of the fullHuman muscleKnee set.Active Learning Kit. You'll need at least the minimal number of muscles attached (left in the image below).

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This activity is easier with the minimal muscle set but it’s also possible to do with more muscles attached. Your knee kit may or may not already have stickers attached. If your knee kit doesn’t look like one of the kits in the image above, follow these instructions for assembling or disassembling your kit.

The following are optional materials for this activity:

• One of the sheets of white circle stickers in your kit
• A ball point pen or mechanical pencil for writing on the stickers (rollerball or gel pens can smear on the stickers)